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Red Sox Notebook: The job’s still Jackie Bradley’s

Red Sox Notebook: The job’s still Jackie Bradley’s

CF hits bench for second straight game

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Members of the Boston Red Sox watch from the dugout in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Monday, June 9, 2014, in Baltimore. Baltimore won 4-0. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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BALTIMORE — After starting 17 consecutive games, struggling rookie center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. was absent from the Red Sox lineup for a second game in a row last night.

But Bradley hasn’t lost his job. Far from it.

General manager Ben Cherington joined the reeling Red Sox here yesterday and declared that Bradley is “the right guy to be our center fielder,” even though his .580 OPS ranks last among all American League outfielders who qualify for the batting title.

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